Nonstop flight route between Hagfors, Sweden and San Bernardino, California, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Hagfors Airport (HFS), Hagfors, Sweden and Norton Air Force Base (SBD), San Bernardino, California, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,360 miles (or 8,626 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Hagfors Airport and Norton Air Force Base, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Hagfors Airport and Norton Air Force Base. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Hagfors Airport (HFS):

• Because of Hagfors Airport's relatively low elevation of 0 feet, planes can take off or land at Hagfors Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The furthest airport from Hagfors Airport (HFS) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,241 miles (18,090 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Hagfors Airport (HFS) is Karlstad Airport (KSD), which is located 41 miles (66 kilometers) SSW of HFS.

Facts about Norton Air Force Base (SBD):

• Norton Air Force Base began before World War II as Municipal Airport, San Bernardino under Army Air Corps jurisdiction.
• Norton was placed on the Department of Defense's base closure list in 1989.
• The furthest airport from Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,447 miles (18,423 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
• The last of the facilities on the base were closed in 1995.
• The closest airport to Norton Air Force Base (SBD) is San Bernardino International Airport (SBT), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) S of SBD.
• In addition to being known as "Norton Air Force Base", another name for SBD is "Norton AFB".
• Discrete C-130 Hercules modification tests were conducted out of Area II of the base in the late 1960s, with the 1198th Operational Evaluation and Training Squadron operating four highly classified C-130E special operations testbeds modified at Lockheed Air Services, at near-by Ontario Airport under projects Thin Slice and Heavy Chain.